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Back in November, actor/director Dominick Brascia publicly accusedCharlie Sheen of raping Corey Haim on the set of the ’80s film Lucas. Charlie fully denied the allegations and and sued the National Enquirer, who published Dominick’s story, for defamation. TMZ says that Charlie and the National Enquirer have settled the lawsuit.

Corey Feldman might have been picking out his nicest fedora to wear in the event he was called as a character witness in court, but it sounds like it’s not ever going to get to that point. Charlie’s lawyers have requested the lawsuit be dismissed with prejudice, which means the lawsuit can’t be filed in the future. TMZ notes that’s usually a sign both parties have struck a deal they’re happy with. I figured that this meant that Mr. National Enquirer (basically a trash bag with googly eyes) shot their best pal Trump a text that said, “Little tight on cash – you mind loaning us some hush money for something?“. But according to sources that spoke with TMZ, there was no money involved in Charlie’s settlement and both sides are “fully satisfied” with the terms of their agreement.

Charlie Sheen hasn’t said anything about dropping his lawsuit, and you know what? I’m okay with that. This situation has been a mess from minute one, and I really don’t need it to turn even more awful by reading Charlie’s fried-brain rantings about how he won against the Enquirer. Even if he’s innocent like he maintains he is, maybe it’s time he just slowly backed away as far as possible from the legacy of Lucas. In fact, if someone could just re-cut Lucas into scenes featuring only Corey Haim and Winona Ryder, that would be much appreciated.

As you can see, Katy Perry’s head didn’t immediately explode after giving Taylor Swift a compliment. Progress! Before you know it, they’ll be able to sit within 200 feet of each other at the same awards ceremonies.

Katy continues to get ABC’s American Idolreboot some much-needed attention. A week ago Katy was kissing contestants, and last night she was laid an unenthusiastic kiss on her enemy’s ass during an audition. Luke Bryan asked a male contestant, “Who do you look up to as an artist?” He replied, “I’m sorry for this, Katy,” and said Taylor. Inside Katy’s head might have been playing the siren from Kill Bill, but on the outside she remained diplomatic by responding: “Oh you don’t have to be sorry!” The contestant then doubled down on a risky gamble by uttering, “I love Taylor Swift,” and Katy awkwardly said:

“I love her as a songwriter as, as well.”

Katy couldn’t have paid Taylor a cheaper compliment if she got it with a 75% off coupon. I believe “I love her as a songwriter” is the pop star’s equivalent of walking into an open house and saying, “Well, the walls are straight.” Although it’s no great gowns, beautiful gowns, it’s still a pretty shady compliment being told you’re a great songwriter from one of the co-writers of the lyrical cringefest “Bon Appétit.”

A little over a year since Camila Cabellocalled it quits with Fifth Harmony and went solo, E! News says the four remaining members of Fifth Harmony are taking a break to pursue solo careers. Dinah Jane, Normani Kordei, Ally Brooke, and Lauren Jauregui made the announcement earlier today on Twitter. Curse them forever for choosing such an eye workout of a font. I felt like I was reading a Star Wars crawl without my glasses on.

The remaining four Harmonies have already begun working from their respective homes, so to speak. Normani released a single called “Love Lies” in February. In January, Lauren released “All Night” and Ally released “Perfect.” Dinah Jane released “Boom Boom” back in October.

They’re definitely not done forever; they’re just all taking a break to work on solo albums and whatnot, and will return to the Fifth Harmony clubhouse stronger and better than ever! Or they’ll realize you can’t really microwave a Hot Pocket twice without it starting to fall apart, and in six to nine months time, they’ll announce Fifth Harmony’s time of death. For now though, they have to work the hiatus angle, because they’ve got shows to play on their PSA Tour, which is about to earn the nickname The We’re Legally Obligated To Be Here Tour.

Based on what I know about Ellen Barkin, which is basically her body of work and her ability to scare away intruders, I believe she is not one you want to fuck with. She survived a trailer explosion. It was in a movie, Drop Dead Gorgeous, so the lines between reality and fantasy are clearly blurred for me. The point is, director Terry Gilliam might not have seen this one coming, but he definitely should not be surprised by it.

Terry Gilliam had some thoughts on the #MeToo movement during an interview that was conducted by Agence France-Presse in Paris last week. Terry described it as developing into “mob rule,” and insinuated that not everyone who met with Harvey Weinstein had a bad time.

“It is a world of victims. I think some people did very well out of meeting with Harvey and others didn’t. The ones who did knew what they were doing. These are adults, we are talking about adults with a lot of ambition. Harvey opened the door for a few people, a night with Harvey – that’s the price you pay. I know enough girls who were in Harvey’s suites who were not victims and walked out.

It’s crazy how simplified things are becoming. There is no intelligence anymore and people seem to be frightened to say what they really think. Now I am told even by my wife to keep my head a bit low.”

Terry probably should have kept his mouth shut when he lowered his head, because now he’s got his own #MeToo allegation courtesy of Ellen Barkin. Ellen worked with Terry on 1998’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Not long after Terry’s interview came out, she tweeted this:

.@Variety Ever wonder why terry gilliam is giving all these random vitriolic interviews about #metoo? honest question. click bait, i understand but even the most superficial level of due diligence would have revealed gilliam’s reputation. #MeToo

Ellen doesn’t elaborate on what Terry allegedly did in that elevator, but it’s probably safe to assume it was much worse that ripping farts in it. Luckily Ellen doesn’t ever have to worry about riding an elevator with Terry Gilliam ever again. She’s a very rich woman.Let’s say she’s at an event in Hollywood and sees Terry walking towards her elevator. She can just whip out her wallet and hiss, “I’m renting this elevator for the next 10 minutes, and it has a strict Zero Terrys capacity policy. Take the stairs,” as the doors close.